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Catalog Number 2013.058.001
Object Name Print, Photographic
Description Sepia-toned group portrait photo of seven uniformed Detroit Fire Department firefighters, and one man in a light colored shirt and cap, posed on the lawn in front of the fire station for the fire boat JAMES R. ELLIOT. A portion of a boat moored to a bollard, is visible in the background on the right. "Old Fire Boat Fire House, the Old Elliott," and "958," are handwritten on the verso.
Date c. 1905
Year Range from 1902
Year Range to 1930
Print size 5.75" x 3.5"
Collection Fire Department
Search Terms JAMES R. ELLIOT
Fire Stations
Fireboats
Firefighters
Portraiture